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The QC, Vol. 89, No. 25 • May 1, 2003

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'hittier College Since 1914
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http://web.whittier.edu/qc
HELENA NGO / QC PHOTO EDITOR
Juniors Jimmy Joyner, Julie Matiasic, Angelina Hills and
Alex Jones jive at the Lancer Society's Mona Kai Dance
held at Whittier Penn Garage on Saturday, April 26. For
full Mona Kai coverage, see Campus Life, page 8.
Students hospitalized
■ MONA KAI
by Christina Gutierrez
QC Co-News Editor
As a result ofthe tight security at
the event, two female students were
hospitalized for alcohol-related reasons at the Lancer Society-sponsored
Mona Kai dance on Saturday, April
26, according to Assistant Chief of
Campus Safety John Lewis. One of
the students was arrested for public
intoxication after she was transported to Whittier Presbyterian Hospital. Both students returned to classes
on Monday.
Campus Safety officers found
the first student near the driveway
entrance to the Whittier Penn Square
parking garage where the event was
held. She was highly intoxicated,
and required two other students to
hold her up. Paramedics were called,
and as they were dealing with the
student, the second female came out
of the dance and attempted to sit
SARS precautions send m
sujdy-abroad students home
■ DISEASE
by Amy Stice
QC Editor-in-Chief
Two Whittier College students
were sent home early from their study
abroad experiences in China because
ofthe SARS outbreak there.
Junior Dorothy Cun and sophomore Chris Harris returned last week
from Beijing and Shanghai, respectively. In each case, the American
program through which the students
coordinated their trips madethechoice
to send students home.
Cun said that she had been given
the option of coming home to Los
Angeles earlier in the month, but had
not felt particularly threatened by the
disease at that point. "I didn't think it
was that big of a problem at that
time," she said. But she also said that
by the time she left, the Beijing Institute of Education had stopped holding classes, virtually everyone had
moved out of the dormitories, and she
had "started to get worried."
The SARS disease—which has
killed 159 people in China and infect-
Three-peat
After its triumphant return
last week, Cheers and Jeers
is back again for more—
this time, it's personal.
Opinions, Page 2
ed 3,450 more—has recently been
contained in Vietnam but continues
to spread throughout the rest of Asia
and overseas. Recent action taken to
prevent further contamination by the
deadly respiratory virus has included
establishing quarantine areas, testing
for body temperature at airport checkpoints and, most commonly, wearing
surgical masks.
Cun saw very few of these measures in Beijing. "More people than
usual might have been wearing masks,
butpeople inBeijing sometimes wear
masks because of the sandstorms
there," she said. "I didn't really think
about it."
Her worries about coming home
instead centered around the academic
consequences of leaving her Chinese
school a month early.
"When the first group of students
had left [in early April], I e- mailed
[Assistant to the Director of Foreign
Studies] Melissa [Kellogg] to ask what
would happen if I did go home, and
she started getting things in place,"
Cun said. Professor of Political Science and Director of Foreign Studies
Mike McBride says that both Cun
and Harris will not need to worry
about keeping up with their curriculum.
"We have had contact with the
program and as far as we can tell
everything will be worked out fine,"
McBride said. "I've met with the
dean and the registrar and we're going to make sure they're taken care
of."
The concern, therefore, shifts to
what the students are missing by cutting their experiences short. Cun had
planned on traveling through Asia—
to Shanghai and Hong Kong, at least—
once her studies there were over, since
she had not had not been able to do so
by the time she left. And while CT
Academic Programs has offered to
provide a travel stipend to those who
wish to return over the summer, Cun
has not yet made that decision.
Meanwhile, McBride says that
while the College usually sends one
or two students to Asia each term, no
one has applied to study in any ofthe
infected areas next semester.
Harris, who studied at Fudan
University, could not be contacted,
but McBride says that he received a
phone call from Harris confirming
his arrival at LAX last Thursday.
down on the curb. She was unable to
remain upright and collapsed on the
ground. "Luckily she fell back onto
her friend's foot," Lewis said, "Otherwise she would have hit her head
on the concrete."
Both girls were transported to
the hospital in the same ambulance.
Eventually, the second female became hostile and uncooperative, and
was taken into custody for being
"drunk and disorderly in public,"
according to Lewis. "Ifyou are drunk
and go to the hospital and are willing
to cooperate, they will treat you, but
if you become disorderly, they are
not going to put up with you," he
said. The student was released from
jail on Sunday, April 27.
Although there was no alcohol
served at the event, according to
campus officials and Lancer Society
members, many of the students in
attendance arrived heavily intoxicated. "Many students rendered decisions to drink at parties prior to
attending the event," said Dean of
Students Dave Leonard, who attended the event. "It's highly unfortunate
that some students make choices to
consume more alcohol than their
bodies can tolerate."
According to Lewis, the sheer
size of the event and the number of
people in attendance made it necessary to provide extra security for the
event.The security staff included
eight Campus Safety Officials, not
including Lewis and Chief of Campus Safety Bernard Alex, who attended the event in an unofficial
capacity, along with Whittier Police
Department (W.P.D.) officers. The
paramedics were called when Campus Safety officials deemed it necessary and were not on hand throughout the event. The Whittier Fire Department also performed a safety
inspection of the parking garage facility prior to the dance.
Although some students expressed concern that the amount of
security personnel was excessive,
Lewis stressed that this amount of
security is "standard procedure" for
Mona Kai. Leonard stated, 'The safe-
See MONA KAI, page 7
Cumojlum changes
to be considered
■ CURRICULUM
by Genevieve Roman
QC Assistant News Editor
At the end of this school year,
the Curriculum Committee will submit to Whittier College professors a
proposal to be considered this summer. The changes will be voted on
in the fall of the 2003-2004 school
year, and if passed, would begin to
be implemented in the fall of the
2004-2005 school year.
The initial proposal, which has
yet to be completed, is likely to
include very important changes to
the existing educational design of
Whittier College. These changes
include: the mission statement and
learning goals of the college are
being re-evaluated, considerations
of scaling back existing liberal education requirements are on the
agenda, graduation requirements (in
units) may be scaled back, and the
committee is presenting a couple of
options that, if professors should
choose to adopt, would cut in half
Jan Term classes offered and students taking a Jan-term class each
year.
All committee members are in
agreement that none of this is set in
stone, student opinion will havecon-
siderable weight in all decisions,
and in the end, it will be up to the
professors of the college, which
changes to implement or reject.
If passed, the proposition to cut
the units for graduation requirements could mean students would
take an average of four classes per
semester as opposed to five or six
classes. Professor of Philosophy and
Chair of the Curriculum Committee Paul Kjellberg said that, "The
possibility of reducing graduation
requirements is suggested by the
See CURRICULUM, page 7
News You Can Use
Seniors who might wish
to attend the President's dinner next Wednesday must
RSVP to the Office of Student Activities (Ext. 4986)
by tomorrow.
ISSUE 25* VOLUME 89
Sand in your Kai!
Mona Kai pics and a story to
boot! Sometimes several hours in
a parking lot filled with sand and
half-naked people can be good.
Campus Life, Page 8
The sound of music
A & E is alive with the sound of
so much music, we didn't think
we could fit it all in. But being
your trusty section, we did.
A&E, Page 10
We got the wraps
Water polo, women's tennis and
softball all finished their seasons
this week. We wrap-up our coverage of them until next spring.
Sports, Page 14

'hittier College Since 1914
OTIAFrofAMPTN
http://web.whittier.edu/qc
HELENA NGO / QC PHOTO EDITOR
Juniors Jimmy Joyner, Julie Matiasic, Angelina Hills and
Alex Jones jive at the Lancer Society's Mona Kai Dance
held at Whittier Penn Garage on Saturday, April 26. For
full Mona Kai coverage, see Campus Life, page 8.
Students hospitalized
■ MONA KAI
by Christina Gutierrez
QC Co-News Editor
As a result ofthe tight security at
the event, two female students were
hospitalized for alcohol-related reasons at the Lancer Society-sponsored
Mona Kai dance on Saturday, April
26, according to Assistant Chief of
Campus Safety John Lewis. One of
the students was arrested for public
intoxication after she was transported to Whittier Presbyterian Hospital. Both students returned to classes
on Monday.
Campus Safety officers found
the first student near the driveway
entrance to the Whittier Penn Square
parking garage where the event was
held. She was highly intoxicated,
and required two other students to
hold her up. Paramedics were called,
and as they were dealing with the
student, the second female came out
of the dance and attempted to sit
SARS precautions send m
sujdy-abroad students home
■ DISEASE
by Amy Stice
QC Editor-in-Chief
Two Whittier College students
were sent home early from their study
abroad experiences in China because
ofthe SARS outbreak there.
Junior Dorothy Cun and sophomore Chris Harris returned last week
from Beijing and Shanghai, respectively. In each case, the American
program through which the students
coordinated their trips madethechoice
to send students home.
Cun said that she had been given
the option of coming home to Los
Angeles earlier in the month, but had
not felt particularly threatened by the
disease at that point. "I didn't think it
was that big of a problem at that
time," she said. But she also said that
by the time she left, the Beijing Institute of Education had stopped holding classes, virtually everyone had
moved out of the dormitories, and she
had "started to get worried."
The SARS disease—which has
killed 159 people in China and infect-
Three-peat
After its triumphant return
last week, Cheers and Jeers
is back again for more—
this time, it's personal.
Opinions, Page 2
ed 3,450 more—has recently been
contained in Vietnam but continues
to spread throughout the rest of Asia
and overseas. Recent action taken to
prevent further contamination by the
deadly respiratory virus has included
establishing quarantine areas, testing
for body temperature at airport checkpoints and, most commonly, wearing
surgical masks.
Cun saw very few of these measures in Beijing. "More people than
usual might have been wearing masks,
butpeople inBeijing sometimes wear
masks because of the sandstorms
there," she said. "I didn't really think
about it."
Her worries about coming home
instead centered around the academic
consequences of leaving her Chinese
school a month early.
"When the first group of students
had left [in early April], I e- mailed
[Assistant to the Director of Foreign
Studies] Melissa [Kellogg] to ask what
would happen if I did go home, and
she started getting things in place,"
Cun said. Professor of Political Science and Director of Foreign Studies
Mike McBride says that both Cun
and Harris will not need to worry
about keeping up with their curriculum.
"We have had contact with the
program and as far as we can tell
everything will be worked out fine,"
McBride said. "I've met with the
dean and the registrar and we're going to make sure they're taken care
of."
The concern, therefore, shifts to
what the students are missing by cutting their experiences short. Cun had
planned on traveling through Asia—
to Shanghai and Hong Kong, at least—
once her studies there were over, since
she had not had not been able to do so
by the time she left. And while CT
Academic Programs has offered to
provide a travel stipend to those who
wish to return over the summer, Cun
has not yet made that decision.
Meanwhile, McBride says that
while the College usually sends one
or two students to Asia each term, no
one has applied to study in any ofthe
infected areas next semester.
Harris, who studied at Fudan
University, could not be contacted,
but McBride says that he received a
phone call from Harris confirming
his arrival at LAX last Thursday.
down on the curb. She was unable to
remain upright and collapsed on the
ground. "Luckily she fell back onto
her friend's foot," Lewis said, "Otherwise she would have hit her head
on the concrete."
Both girls were transported to
the hospital in the same ambulance.
Eventually, the second female became hostile and uncooperative, and
was taken into custody for being
"drunk and disorderly in public,"
according to Lewis. "Ifyou are drunk
and go to the hospital and are willing
to cooperate, they will treat you, but
if you become disorderly, they are
not going to put up with you," he
said. The student was released from
jail on Sunday, April 27.
Although there was no alcohol
served at the event, according to
campus officials and Lancer Society
members, many of the students in
attendance arrived heavily intoxicated. "Many students rendered decisions to drink at parties prior to
attending the event," said Dean of
Students Dave Leonard, who attended the event. "It's highly unfortunate
that some students make choices to
consume more alcohol than their
bodies can tolerate."
According to Lewis, the sheer
size of the event and the number of
people in attendance made it necessary to provide extra security for the
event.The security staff included
eight Campus Safety Officials, not
including Lewis and Chief of Campus Safety Bernard Alex, who attended the event in an unofficial
capacity, along with Whittier Police
Department (W.P.D.) officers. The
paramedics were called when Campus Safety officials deemed it necessary and were not on hand throughout the event. The Whittier Fire Department also performed a safety
inspection of the parking garage facility prior to the dance.
Although some students expressed concern that the amount of
security personnel was excessive,
Lewis stressed that this amount of
security is "standard procedure" for
Mona Kai. Leonard stated, 'The safe-
See MONA KAI, page 7
Cumojlum changes
to be considered
■ CURRICULUM
by Genevieve Roman
QC Assistant News Editor
At the end of this school year,
the Curriculum Committee will submit to Whittier College professors a
proposal to be considered this summer. The changes will be voted on
in the fall of the 2003-2004 school
year, and if passed, would begin to
be implemented in the fall of the
2004-2005 school year.
The initial proposal, which has
yet to be completed, is likely to
include very important changes to
the existing educational design of
Whittier College. These changes
include: the mission statement and
learning goals of the college are
being re-evaluated, considerations
of scaling back existing liberal education requirements are on the
agenda, graduation requirements (in
units) may be scaled back, and the
committee is presenting a couple of
options that, if professors should
choose to adopt, would cut in half
Jan Term classes offered and students taking a Jan-term class each
year.
All committee members are in
agreement that none of this is set in
stone, student opinion will havecon-
siderable weight in all decisions,
and in the end, it will be up to the
professors of the college, which
changes to implement or reject.
If passed, the proposition to cut
the units for graduation requirements could mean students would
take an average of four classes per
semester as opposed to five or six
classes. Professor of Philosophy and
Chair of the Curriculum Committee Paul Kjellberg said that, "The
possibility of reducing graduation
requirements is suggested by the
See CURRICULUM, page 7
News You Can Use
Seniors who might wish
to attend the President's dinner next Wednesday must
RSVP to the Office of Student Activities (Ext. 4986)
by tomorrow.
ISSUE 25* VOLUME 89
Sand in your Kai!
Mona Kai pics and a story to
boot! Sometimes several hours in
a parking lot filled with sand and
half-naked people can be good.
Campus Life, Page 8
The sound of music
A & E is alive with the sound of
so much music, we didn't think
we could fit it all in. But being
your trusty section, we did.
A&E, Page 10
We got the wraps
Water polo, women's tennis and
softball all finished their seasons
this week. We wrap-up our coverage of them until next spring.
Sports, Page 14